First Loss to No. 9 Ga. Tech in Extra Innings

LAS -- After cleanly beating the University of San Diego 11-3, BYU lost to No. 9 Georgia Tech 10-9 in extra innings in their first doubleheader in the Louisville Slugger Tournament.

"It was a terrific game to watch, and an even better game to play in even though we were on the losing end," BYU head coach Gordon Eakin said. "Georgia Tech is a great team, and probably the best hitting team we will face all season. They definitely deserve their top ten spot."

The scoring for both teams began in the fourth inning. Georgia Tech started putting points on the board but hitting three homers, one single run, and two two-runs, putting them ahead 5-0.

The Cougars (7-1) were quick to answer at their next at bat by racking up two runs of their own thanks to an Alexandra Hudson double, and a two-run shot by Delaney Willard.

In the bottom of the fifth, BYU took the lead with a four-run rally.

Tiffany Messerschmidt started the inning by getting walked, and then stole second. Angie Quiocho singled to left advancing Messerschmidt who was then brought home after Jessica Fitu singled to center field.

With three runners on, and no outs, Andrea Ramirez smacked a three-run bomb deep over the left-center field wall giving the Cougars their first lead of the game.

Georgia Tech answered with a two run shot in the top of the sixth, and three in the seventh giving them a 9-6 lead, but BYU did not give up hope.

In the bottom of the seventh, Amanda Kellum hit a three-run homer over the right-center field wall making the game all tied up.

"I love the way that our team competes. We never give up and we go out there for every game and play with confidence," Eakin said. "This team has a winners mentality and they compete with every team they face to the best of their abilities."

Georgia Tech managed to score one more point in the eighth inning, gaining the lead once more, ending the game as the Cougars were unable to answer.

BYU will take the field tomorrow to wrap up its tournament play in Las Vegas with a split doubleheader against University of Illinois Chicago and Cal State Fullerton. The games will be played at 11:15 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. respectively.

BYU vs San Diego Toreros
Feb 19, 2010 at Las Vegas, NV
BYU 11
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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DELAHOUSSAYE,Kristin 2b..  3  1  2  3   1  0  0  0   3
MESSERSCHMIDT, Tiff. dh..  3  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   3
QUICHO, Angeline 3b......  3  2  2  0   1  0  2  2   0
PURCELL-FITU, Jess. c....  2  2  1  3   0  0  5  0   0
RAMIREZ, Andrea 1b.......  2  2  0  1   2  0  5  0   0
HUDSON, Alexandra cf.....  3  0  1  2   0  2  0  0   2
 WILLARD, Delaney ph/rf..  1  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
DAVIS-ATAGI,Caschjen lf..  2  2  1  1   2  1  1  0   0
HICKS, Krista ss.........  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  3   0
 VANCE-KELLUM, Amanda ph.  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   1
DUGAS, Jessica rf/cf.....  0  1  0  1   2  0  1  1   0
ZINANTI, Christie p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 HOWELL, Hannah p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 23 11  8 11   8  5 15  7   9
San Diego Toreros 3
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Gensler, Kristen cf......  3  1  1  0   0  0  2  0   1
Walsh, Megan 1b..........  2  1  2  0   1  0  4  1   0
Ellenbeck, Jennifer p/dh.  1  1  0  0   2  0  0  0   0
Hensley, Taylor c........  2  0  0  1   1  0  6  2   1
Casciola, Carey ss.......  3  0  1  1   0  0  1  3   0
Soto, Celeste 3b.........  3  0  0  1   0  2  1  3   2
Stalberger, Allison rf...  1  0  0  0   1  1  0  0   0
Wineinger, Cathy 2b......  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   1
Duhart, Danielle lf......  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   3
Velovich, Chelsea dh/p...  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Luna, Alyssa p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 18  3  4  3   6  3 15 10   8
Score by Innings               R  H  E
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BYU................. 403 22 - 11  8  1
San Diego Toreros... 102 00 -  3  4  3
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E - QUICHO; CASCIOLA, C.; SOTO, C.; WINEINGER, C. LOB - BY 9; San Diego 8.
2B - DELAHOUSSAYE; DAVIS-ATAGI; GENSLER, K.. HR - DELAHOUSSAYE;
PURCELL-FITU. HBP - MESSERSCHMID; PURCELL-FITU; STALBERGER,; WINEINGER, C.
SH - PURCELL-FITU; DUGAS. SB - RAMIREZ; HICKS.
BYU                    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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ZINANTI, Christie...  4.0  4  3  3  5  2 15 22
HOWELL, Hannah......  1.0  0  0  0  1  1  3  4
San Diego Toreros      IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Ellenbeck, Jennifer.  2.1  4  7  6  5  2 10 19
Velovich, Chelsea...  1.2  3  4  3  3  1  9 12
Luna, Alyssa........  1.0  1  0  0  0  2  4  4
Win - None.  Loss - None.  Save - None.
WP - VELOVICH, C.. HBP - by ELLENBECK, J (PURCELL-FITU); by ELLENBECK, J
(MESSERSCHMID); by ZINANTI (STALBERGER,); by ZINANTI (WINEINGER, C). PB -
HENSLEY, T..
Umpires -
Start: 9:00 am   Time:   Attendance:
VELOVICH, C. faced 2 batters in the 5th.
BYU 1st - DELAHOUSSAYE doubled down the lf line. MESSERSCHMID reached on
a fielder's choice, bunt; DELAHOUSSAYE out at second 3b to ss. QUICHO walked;
MESSERSCHMID advanced to second. PURCELL-FITU hit by pitch, RBI; QUICHO
advanced to second; MESSERSCHMID advanced to third. RAMIREZ walked, RBI;
PURCELL-FITU advanced to second; QUICHO advanced to third; MESSERSCHMID scored.
HUDSON singled, 2 RBI; RAMIREZ advanced to second; PURCELL-FITU scored; QUICHO
scored. DAVIS-ATAGI walked; HUDSON advanced to second; RAMIREZ advanced to
third. HICKS struck out. DUGAS walked, RBI; DAVIS-ATAGI advanced to second;
HUDSON advanced to third; RAMIREZ scored. DELAHOUSSAYE flied out to cf. 4
runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
San Diego Toreros 1st - GENSLER, K. doubled. WALSH, M. walked.
ELLENBECK, J walked; WALSH, M. advanced to second; GENSLER, K. advanced to
third. HENSLEY, T. reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; ELLENBECK, J advanced to
second; WALSH, M. out at third ss to 3b; GENSLER, K. scored. CASCIOLA, C.
singled to right field; HENSLEY, T. advanced to second; ELLENBECK, J advanced
to third, out at home rf to c. SOTO, C. struck out. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors,
2 LOB.
BYU 2nd - MESSERSCHMID hit by pitch. QUICHO singled to center field;
MESSERSCHMID advanced to second. PURCELL-FITU out at first c to 2b, SAC, bunt;
QUICHO advanced to second; MESSERSCHMID advanced to third. RAMIREZ reached on a
fielder's choice; MESSERSCHMID out at home 3b to c. HUDSON struck out. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
San Diego Toreros 2nd - STALBERGER, struck out. WINEINGER, C grounded
out to p. DUHART, D. walked. GENSLER, K. grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 3rd - DAVIS-ATAGI walked. HICKS out at first 1b to 2b to 1b;
DAVIS-ATAGI advanced to second. DUGAS reached on an error by 2b, SAC, bunt;
DAVIS-ATAGI advanced to third on an error by 2b, scored on an error by 2b.
DELAHOUSSAYE homered, 2 RBI; DUGAS scored, unearned. ELLENBECK, J to dh.
VELOVICH, C. to p. MESSERSCHMID grounded out to ss. QUICHO flied out to cf.
3 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 0 LOB.
San Diego Toreros 3rd - WALSH, M. singled. ELLENBECK, J walked; WALSH,
M. advanced to second. HENSLEY, T. walked; ELLENBECK, J advanced to second;
WALSH, M. advanced to third. CASCIOLA, C. reached on a fielder's choice, out at
first ss to 1b, RBI; HENSLEY, T. advanced to second; ELLENBECK, J advanced to
third; WALSH, M. scored. SOTO, C. grounded out to ss, RBI; HENSLEY, T. advanced
to third; ELLENBECK, J scored. STALBERGER, hit by pitch. WINEINGER, C hit by
pitch; STALBERGER, advanced to second. DUHART, D. reached on a fielder's
choice; WINEINGER, C advanced to second; STALBERGER, advanced to third;
HENSLEY, T. out at home 3b to c. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
BYU 4th - PURCELL-FITU reached on an error by 3b. PURCELL-FITU advanced
to second on a passed ball. RAMIREZ walked; PURCELL-FITU advanced to third on a
wild pitch. RAMIREZ stole second; PURCELL-FITU out at third c to ss to 3b.
HUDSON struck out. DAVIS-ATAGI doubled to left field, RBI; RAMIREZ scored.
HICKS reached on an error by ss; DAVIS-ATAGI advanced to third. HICKS stole
second. DUGAS walked. DELAHOUSSAYE walked, RBI; DUGAS advanced to second; HICKS
advanced to third; DAVIS-ATAGI scored, unearned. MESSERSCHMID grounded out to
ss. 2 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 3 LOB.
San Diego Toreros 4th - GENSLER, K. flied out to lf. WALSH, M. singled.
ELLENBECK, J flied out to rf. HENSLEY, T. flied out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 5th - QUICHO singled. PURCELL-FITU homered, 2 RBI; QUICHO scored.
LUNA, A. to p for VELOVICH, C.. RAMIREZ grounded out to 3b. WILLARD pinch hit
for HUDSON. WILLARD singled. DAVIS-ATAGI struck out. VANCE-KELLUM pinch hit for
HICKS. VANCE-KELLUM struck out. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
San Diego Toreros 5th - WILLARD to rf. DUGAS to cf. HOWELL to p for
ZINANTI. CASCIOLA, C. reached on an error by 3b. SOTO, C. struck out.
STALBERGER, walked; CASCIOLA, C. advanced to second. WINEINGER, C grounded out
to 3b; CASCIOLA, C. out at third 3b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1
LOB.
#9 Georgia Tech vs BYU
Feb 19, 2010 at Las Vegas, Nev. (SLC Field 2)
Georgia Tech 10 (6-0)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Yee 2b...................  2  2  2  2   3  0  5  0   0
Weseman ss...............  4  1  2  2   1  2  3  4   0
Rush dh..................  5  0  2  1   0  1  0  0   1
Priebe 1b................  4  0  0  0   1  1  4  0   2
Sinclair rf..............  5  1  2  1   0  1  0  0   0
 Eppinger pr.............  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Adkins p.................  3  2  1  0   2  1  0  3   3
Kuzma lf.................  1  1  1  0   2  0  1  0   0
Weaver c.................  4  1  1  3   0  2  9  0   0
Jones cf.................  3  1  0  0   0  1  1  0   1
 Jordan ph...............  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   2
Bear 3b..................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Coan p..................  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Totals................... 32 10 11  9   9 10 24  8   9
BYU 9 (7-1)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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DELAHOUSSAYE,Kristin 2b..  4  0  1  0   1  0  4  4   1
MESSERSCHMIDT, Tiff. lf..  2  1  0  0   3  0  0  0   3
QUICHO, Angeline 3b......  5  1  2  0   0  0  1  3   1
PURCELL-FITU, Jess. c....  4  1  2  1   0  2 12  0   0
RAMIREZ, Andrea 1b.......  5  1  1  3   0  2  6  0   2
HUDSON, Alexandra cf.....  2  1  2  0   3  0  0  0   0
 DUGAS, Jessica pr.......  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
WILLARD, Delaney rf......  4  2  1  2   1  2  0  1   2
VANCE-KELLUM, Amanda dh..  4  1  1  3   0  1  0  0   0
 THOMAS, Whitney pr......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
CLAYTON, J.C. ss.........  4  0  2  0   0  1  1  1   1
AFFLECK, Paige p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 34  9 12  9   8  8 24 10  11
Score by Innings                   R  H  E
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Georgia Tech........ 000 502 21 - 10 11  0
BYU................. 000 240 30 -  9 12  2
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E - MESSERSCHMID; RAMIREZ. DP - BYU 1. LOB - Georgia Tech 9; BYU 11. 2B -
Rush(1); Sinclair(4); HUDSON. HR - Yee(3); Weseman(2); Sinclair(2);
Weaver(1); RAMIREZ; WILLARD; VANCE-KELLUM. SH - Kuzma(1); PURCELL-FITU. SB -
Yee(2); MESSERSCHMID; QUICHO; HUDSON.
Georgia Tech           IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Adkins..............  4.0 10  6  6  3  4 21 24
Coan................  2.0  2  3  3  3  2  8 11
Rush................  2.0  0  0  0  2  2  5  8
BYU                    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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AFFLECK, Paige......  8.0 11 10  7  9 10 32 42
Win - Rush (4-0).  Loss - AFFLECK (3-1).  Save - None.
WP - Adkins 2(3); AFFLECK.
Umpires -
Start: 1:49 PM   Time: 2:58   Attendance:
Weather: Sunny and windy; mid 60's
Game: BY-GTECH
Play-by-Play
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                     #9 Georgia Tech vs BYU - Play-by-Play
                 Feb 19, 2010 at Las Vegas, Nev. (SLC Field 2)
Score by Innings                   R  H  E
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Georgia Tech........ 000 502 21 - 10 11  0
BYU................. 000 240 30 -  9 12  2
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Georgia Tech starters: 10/2b Yee; 9/ss Weseman; 45/dh Rush; 33/1b Priebe; 14/rf
Sinclair; 21/p Adkins; 18/lf Kuzma; 3/c Weaver; 4/cf Jones; 2/3b Bear;
BYU starters: 4/2b DELAHOUSSAYE; 20/lf MESSERSCHMID; 33/3b QUICHO; 10/c
PURCELL-FITU; 31/1b RAMIREZ; 5/cf HUDSON; 28/rf WILLARD; 6/dh VANCE-KELLUM;
16/ss CLAYTON; 12/p AFFLECK;
Georgia Tech 1st - Yee singled to pitcher. Weseman struck out swinging.
Yee stole second. Rush popped up to ss. Priebe grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 1st - DELAHOUSSAYE singled to left field. MESSERSCHMID reached on a
fielder's choice; DELAHOUSSAYE out at second ss to 2b. MESSERSCHMID advanced to
second on a wild pitch. QUICHO singled to center field; MESSERSCHMID advanced
to third. QUICHO stole second. PURCELL-FITU struck out swinging. RAMIREZ
grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Georgia Tech 2nd - Sinclair popped up to 2b. Adkins singled to left
field. Kuzma singled to left center; Adkins advanced to second. Kuzma advanced
to second on a wild pitch; Adkins advanced to third on a wild pitch. Weaver
struck out looking. Jordan pinch hit for Jones. Jordan struck out looking. 0
runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
BYU 2nd - Jones to cf for Jordan. HUDSON singled up the middle. WILLARD
struck out swinging. VANCE-KELLUM struck out swinging. CLAYTON struck out
swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Georgia Tech 3rd - Yee walked. Weseman struck out looking. Rush doubled
down the rf line; Yee advanced to third, out at home rf to c. Priebe struck out
swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 3rd - DELAHOUSSAYE grounded out to p. MESSERSCHMID walked. QUICHO
grounded out to c unassisted, bunt. MESSERSCHMID stole second. PURCELL-FITU
singled to shortstop; MESSERSCHMID out at second ss unassisted, interference.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Georgia Tech 4th - Sinclair homered to left field, RBI. Adkins walked.
Kuzma out at first 3b to 2b, SAC, bunt; Adkins advanced to second. Weaver
homered to right center, 2 RBI; Adkins scored. Jones grounded out to p. Yee
walked. Weseman homered to right center, 2 RBI; Yee scored. Rush struck out
swinging. 5 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 4th - RAMIREZ grounded out to ss. HUDSON doubled to left center.
WILLARD homered to right field, 2 RBI; HUDSON scored. VANCE-KELLUM popped up to
ss. CLAYTON singled to center field. DELAHOUSSAYE grounded out to p. 2 runs,
3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Georgia Tech 5th - Priebe walked. Sinclair grounded into double play 3b
to 2b to 1b; Priebe out on the play. Adkins popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 5th - MESSERSCHMID walked. MESSERSCHMID advanced to second on a wild
pitch. QUICHO singled up the middle; MESSERSCHMID advanced to third.
PURCELL-FITU singled up the middle, RBI; QUICHO advanced to second;
MESSERSCHMID scored. RAMIREZ homered to left field, 3 RBI; PURCELL-FITU scored;
QUICHO scored. HUDSON walked. Adkins to 3b. Coan to p for Bear. WILLARD reached
on a fielder's choice; HUDSON out at second ss to 2b. VANCE-KELLUM reached on a
fielder's choice; WILLARD out at second 2b unassisted. CLAYTON singled through
the left side; VANCE-KELLUM advanced to second. THOMAS pinch ran for
VANCE-KELLUM. DELAHOUSSAYE walked; CLAYTON advanced to second; THOMAS advanced
to third. MESSERSCHMID reached on a fielder's choice; DELAHOUSSAYE out at
second ss to 2b. 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Georgia Tech 6th - Kuzma walked. Weaver struck out looking. Jones struck
out swinging. Yee homered to right field, 2 RBI; Kuzma scored. Weseman walked.
Rush popped up to 3b. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 6th - QUICHO popped up to p. PURCELL-FITU struck out swinging.
RAMIREZ struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Georgia Tech 7th - Priebe grounded out to 2b. Sinclair doubled down the
lf line. Adkins walked. Eppinger pinch ran for Sinclair. Kuzma walked; Adkins
advanced to second; Eppinger advanced to third. Weaver grounded out to 2b, RBI;
Kuzma advanced to second, advanced to third on an error by 1b; Adkins scored,
unearned; Eppinger scored, scored on an error by lf, unearned. Sinclair to rf
for Eppinger. Jones grounded out to 2b. 2 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 7th - HUDSON walked. DUGAS pinch ran for HUDSON. WILLARD walked;
DUGAS advanced to second. VANCE-KELLUM to dh for THOMAS. VANCE-KELLUM homered
to right center, 3 RBI; WILLARD scored; DUGAS scored. Rush to p. /  for Coan.
CLAYTON popped up to ss. DELAHOUSSAYE lined out to cf. MESSERSCHMID walked.
QUICHO flied out to lf. 3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Georgia Tech 8th - HUDSON to cf for DUGAS. Jones placed on second. Yee
walked. Weseman singled down the lf line; Yee advanced to second; Jones
advanced to third. Rush singled up the middle, RBI; Weseman advanced to second;
Yee advanced to third; Jones scored. Bear pinch ran for Rush. Priebe reached on
a fielder's choice; Bear advanced to second; Weseman advanced to third; Yee out
at home 3b to c. Sinclair struck out swinging. Adkins struck out swinging. 1
run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
BYU 8th - Rush to p for Bear. CLAYTON placed on second. PURCELL-FITU out
at first 3b to 2b, SAC, bunt; CLAYTON advanced to third. RAMIREZ struck out
swinging. HUDSON walked. HUDSON stole second. WILLARD struck out swinging. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.